Women's Tennis

Tennis Teams Fall to Fresno State at World Team Championships

SAN DIEGO -
Santa Clara University tennis team fell to Fresno State 26-12 in the first round of pool play at the 2001 World TeamTennis (WTT) National Collegiate Tennis Championships, held this afternoon at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego.

The Championships, administered by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association and hosted by the University of San Diego and San Diego State, is the third-ever co-ed intercollegiate national tennis championship at the Division I level.

SCU junior Christine Limbers and freshman Janalle Kaloi paired up to begin the match and faced the No. 1-ranked tandem in the country, in the Bulldogs' Simone Jardim and Kim Niggemeyer. The Bronco duo fell to FSU 6-0, but senior Victor Camargo pulled the Broncos within two points with his 6-2 victory over Nick Fustar. Fresno State increased its lead with a 6-4 men's doubles victory over Camargo and junior Michael Bruggemann. Moving on to women's singles, FSU expanded its lead 20-10 after Niggemeyer topped Limbers 6-0. In mixed doubles, the Bulldogs took a 6-2 set for the match score's final margin. Niggemeyer had a hand in 18 of Fresno State's 26 points.

Pool play continues this afternoon with the Broncos taking on Oklahoma State at 2 p.m. On Saturday, SCU will compete against Princeton to close out pool play. Semifinal action will begin that afternoon. Third through 15th-place matches will begin on Sunday at 9 a.m. and the tournament will conclude with the championship match at 10:30 a.m.